Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. She is known for her artistry, flexibility and body lines, and musical interpretation. As of 2022, Cohen is the most recent American woman to medal individually in figure skating at the Olympics.
Cohen skating in 2009
Cohen as a pre-teen skater in Baltimore in 1996)
Cohen performs an I-spin at the 2003 Skate Canada competition in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Cohen performs a Charlotte spiral at the 2008 Stars on Ice tour stop in Portland, Oregon
Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series; skaters earn points for their placements and the top six from each discipline qualify to the Final.
With four gold medals and seven medals in total, Evgeni Plushenko is the most successful figure skater in the men's singles event.
Yuzuru Hanyu shares the record for the most gold medals won in the men's singles event (four).
With four gold medals and nine medals in total, Irina Slutskaya is the most successful figure skater in the women's singles event.
Mao Asada shares the record for the most gold medals won in the women's singles event (four).